Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Description

Two male informants (brothers), recorded outside in the Ecclesfield area of Sheffield; talk about winters, including that of 1946/1947; pig keeping and poultry farming; milk delivering; their brother; older generation in Ecclesfield; discuss the tape recording; the view, local area, hills and reservoirs; the Sheffield Flood of 1864; the collector's caravan. [Tr. 3] Stanley Ellis talks about the qualities of good linguistic informants and speaking in dialect. [Tr. 4] Stanley Ellis recites the words of Fred Bryant talking about dress, and in particular modern women's clothes. [Tr. 5]; followed by a recording of this informant speaking the same words. [Tr. 6]

Metadata

Identifier b9d4spbt
IRN 414822
Class Mark LAVC/SRE/A771r
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/b9d4spbt
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Audiotape Sound Recordings
Creator(s) Ellis, Stanley
Date [1960s]
Size and Medium 1 x 10cm open reel spool, Duration: 13' 03".

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